BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》讲述迈克尔乘坐印度铁路旅行的经历和对印度文化、历史、风景等方面的认识和感悟。在旅程中，他会途经印度各大城市和小镇，乘坐多种类型的列车，如蒸汽火车、豪华特快、慢行货运列车等，沿途探访当地的历史文化遗迹、美食、手工艺品、节日等。
BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》
此外，迈克尔还会介绍有关印度铁路的历史和发展情况，以及印度铁路在现代化建设方面取得的成就和面临的挑战。通过这样的方式，观众可以更深入地了解印度的文化、传统和现代社会，并欣赏到印度独特而美丽的自然风光。
阿姆利则到西姆拉 Amritsar to Shimla
节目开始于锡克教圣城，迈克尔·波蒂略对金庙的美丽感到惊叹，而其规模庞大的送餐服务——世界上最大的免费厨房，也让他感到震撼。接着他经过了印度的粮仓——旁遮普邦。迈克尔品尝了传统的印度煎饼，到旁遮普邦最大的布匹市场定制了一身色彩缤纷的印度长袍，又不能抵御宝莱坞风靡全球的旁遮普邦班加拉舞曲带来的跳动的韵律。在卡尔卡（Kalka）,迈克尔首次眺望到喜马拉雅山脉，并乘坐1906年建成的山地铁路惊险攀登至西姆拉。
Beginning in the Sikh holy city, Michael is dazzled by the beauty of the Golden Temple and awed by the scale of its langar – the world’s largest free kitchen. His route then takes him through the Punjab, India’s breadbasket. Michael samples traditional chapattis, has a colourful kurta made up in one of the Punjab’s biggest cloth markets, and can’t resist the foot-tapping rhythms of Punjabi bhangra dancing, made famous by Bollywood. At Kalka, Michael glimpses the Himalayas for the first time and joins the 1906-built mountain railway for a stunning climb to Shimla.
BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》
焦特布尔到德里 Jodhpur to Delhi
迈克尔在拉贾斯坦邦沙漠出发, 开始了一段壮观的铁路之旅，穿越沙漠景观和炫目的历史宫殿，最终抵达印度首都。从焦特布尔（Jodhpur）出发，迈克尔进入了沙漠，在那里他骑着骆驼前往一个村庄，这个地方的生活方式几百年来都没有什么变化。然后他开始了“金三角”旅行，游览了印度最著名的景点——斋浦尔、阿格拉和德里。沿途一直向东，迈克尔在梵蒂库（Bandikui）停留，并惊叹于印度其中一座最大和最深的楼梯式水井的非凡建筑。
Michael embarks on a stunning rail journey from the Thar Desert in Rajasthan to the Indian capital, taking in desert landscapes and dazzling historic palaces. From Jodhpur, Michael strikes out into the desert, taking a camel ride to a village where life has changed little in centuries, before embarking on the Jaipur-Agra-Delhi ‘Golden Triangle’ tour. Continuing east, Michael breaks his journey in drought-prone Bandikui, where he marvels at the extraordinary architecture of one of India’s largest and deepest step wells.
BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》
梅索鲁到金奈 Mysuru to Chennai
迈克尔·波蒂略根据布拉德肖1913年的《印度、外国和殖民地旅行手册》指引，乘坐火车穿越现代南印度的卡纳塔克邦和泰米尔纳德邦，从前王国梅索鲁到英属印度时期的首都钦奈（Chennai，古称马德拉斯）。在日落时分，迈克尔与当地人一同回到宫殿前，使用自拍杆等工具等待成千上万标志性灯光点亮照片。在搭乘开往班加罗尔（Bengalaru）的火车前，迈克尔参加了早上的瑜伽课程。在品尝芒果时不慎黏手之后，他还会见了一些创业者，了解他们从移动心脏扫描仪到烹饪应用等方面的创新如何带动着印度高科技产业的发展。
Michael Portillo’s Bradshaw’s 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel leads him on railway journey through the modern south Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, from the former princely state of Mysore to the first stronghold of the East India Company in Chennai, formerly Madras. At sunset Michael joins selfie-stick wielding crowds back at the palace as they wait to capture it being illuminated by thousands of bulbs. An early morning yoga class is the perfect way to stretch out before boarding a train to Bengalaru. After a sticky encounter with a mango, he meets the entrepreneurs whose innovations are driving India’s hi-tech boom with inventions from mobile heart scanners to cooking apps.
BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》
勒克瑙到加尔各答 Lucknow to Kolkata
迈克尔·波蒂略（Michael Portillo）进行了一次史诗般的铁路旅行。他使用了布拉德肖1913年出版的《印度、外国和殖民地旅行手册》（Bradshaw’s 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel），该手册在英属印度成立55年后出版，以描绘印度历史上从英属东印度公司时期到独立曙光时期的历程。在拉克瑙，迈克尔品尝了当地着名的烤肉串，并寻找了1857年拉克瑙之围的真相。这是造成反抗运动高潮并促使英属东印度公司放弃对印度控制、直接实行英国统治的关键时刻。
On an epic railway journey from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh to Kolkata in West Bengal, Michael Portillo uses his Bradshaw’s 1913 Handbook of Indian, Foreign and Colonial Travel, published when the British Raj was 55 years old, to chart a course through India’s history from the days of The East India Company to the dawn of independence. In Lucknow, Michael tastes the famous local kebabs before seeking the truth about 1857 Siege of Lucknow, a key moment in the rebellion which precipitated the end of the East India Company’s grip on India and the start of direct British rule.
BBC纪录片《印度铁路之旅 Great Indian Railway Journeys 2018》
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